How and why are communities of practice established in the healthcare sector? A systematic review of the literature

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ranmuthugala, Geetha ^a   Plumb, Jennifer J ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80053960315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-273     Document Type: Article

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